Report shines partial light on worst labor offenders in opaque fishing...
In recent years, examples of forced labor on industrial fishing vessels have commanded headlines in prominent media outlets. Yet ship owners are rarely held...
Mongabay CEO discusses slowdown in Amazon loss and other positive news
It’s been an eventful couple of months for the Amazon Rainforest and for the Mongabay newsroom.Brazil’s National Institute for Space Research (INPE) recently shared...
Jamaica battles relentless plastic pollution in quest to restore mangroves
In recent decades, mangroves in Jamaica have declined rapidly, from about 15,000 hectares (37,000 acres) in the 1970s to about 9,945 hectares (24,574 acres)...
Salty wells and lost land: Climate and erosion take their toll...
Coastal erosion on the west coast of Indonesia’s Sulawesi Island is so advanced that seawater has penetrated the groundwater supply that tens of thousands...
Texas ocelot breeding and reintroduction may offer new route to recovery
A public-private partnership aims to establish a new ocelot population in Texas to ensure survival and recovery of the species in the U.S. Current...
Vizzuality data set aims to give companies full view of supply...
Sustainability technology company Vizzuality has published an open-source data set that can help companies evaluate how much their products are contributing to ecological degradation...
Half of the caviar from sturgeon in the EU comes from...
People’s love of wild caviar has pushed sturgeon to the brink of extinction in Europe and as a result internationally tradeable caviar can only...
Bateleur Supports International Cheetah Day and Shines a Spotlight on Wildlife...
As December 4th approaches, conservationists and wildlife enthusiasts worldwide are gearing up to celebrate International Cheetah Day, a day dedicated to raising awareness about...
Last of the reef netters: Decline of an Indigenous, sustainable salmon...
Reef net fishing is an ancient, sustainable salmon-harvesting technique created and perfected by the Lummi and other Coast Salish Indigenous people over a millennium.Rather...
Indonesia launches new front in climate campaign focusing on seagrass
Indonesia has published a road map for seagrass protection and rehabilitation, as part of its efforts to mitigate the impacts of the climate crisis.Seagrass...
Enviva, the world’s largest biomass energy company, is near collapse
The forest biomass energy industry took a major hit this month, as Enviva, the world’s largest producer of wood pellets — burned in former...
Jurisdictional REDD+ ready to fund forest-positive, socially-inclusive development in the Amazon...
Jurisdictional REDD+ (JREDD) is designed to fund regional transitions to forest-positive, socially-inclusive rural development. It is fundamentally different than private forest carbon projects, which...
